Yeshiva University Undergraduate Catalog for Women 2016-2018 Programs of Study & Course Descriptions Programs of Study & Course Descriptions 1 ACCOUNTING (ACC) 3 AMERICAN STUDIES (AMST) 4 ART (ARTS) 5 BIBLE (BIBL) 12 BIOLOGY (BIOL) 18 BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (BUS) 21 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND MARKETING ANALYTICS (BIMA) 22 BUSINESS LAW (BLW) 22 CHEMISTRY (CHEM) and BIOCHEMISTRY (BC) 23 COMPUTER SCIENCE (COMP) 25 ECONOMICS (ECON) 27 EDUCATION (EDUC) 31 ENGLISH (ENGL) 37 FINANCE (FIN) 45 FRENCH (FREN) 47 HEBREW (HEBR) 48 HEBRAIC STUDIES (HEST) 49 HISTORY (HIST) 50 INFORMATION AND DECISION SCIENCES (IDS) 57 JEWISH EDUCATION (JEDU) 61 JEWISH STUDIES (JST) 62 JEWISH HISTORY (JHIS) 63 JEWISH PHILOSOPHY (JPHI) 66 JUDAIC STUDIES (JUDS) 69 MANAGEMENT (MAN) 74 MARKETING (MAR) 80 MATHEMATICS (MATH) 85 MUSIC (MUSI) 88 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY 91 PHILOSOPHY (PHIL) 92 PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS (PEDU) 94 PHYSICAL SCIENCES (PHSC) 95 PHYSICS (PHYS) 95 POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLI) 98 PRE-ENGINEERING 107 PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC) 108 SEMITIC LANGUAGES (SEMI) 114 SHAPED MAJOR 115 SOCIOLOGY (SOCI) 115 SPANISH (SPAN) 119 SPEECH PATHOLOGY/ AUDIOLOGY (SPAU) 119 Page 1 Yeshiva University Undergraduate Catalog for Women 2016-2018 SPEECH AND DRAMA (SPEE) 121 STATISTICS (STAT) 122 TAX (TAX) 122 WRITING (WRIT) 122 WOMEN’S STUDIES (WMNS) 122 Page 2 Yeshiva University Undergraduate Catalog for Women 2016-2018 ACCOUNTING (ACC) MAJOR: Sy Syms School of Business CPA TRACK: ACC 1101, 1102, 2403, 3201, 3601; BLW 2112; TAX 6124, 6125; and any one Sy Syms elective. NON-CPA TRACK: ACC 1101, 1102, 2403, 3201, 3601; one additional ACC/TAX courses and any three additional Sy Syms electives. MINOR: For Sy Syms School of Business students ACC 1101, 1102, and 2403 MINOR: For Stern College Students ACC 1001, 1002, FIN 1001, ACC 1101, 1102, and any other Sy Syms course. ACC 1001 Principles of Accounting I 3 Credits Introduction to financial accounting: the accounting cycle, preparation of financial statements, accounting for cash and temporary investments, receivables, inventories, and long-lived assets. ACC 1002 Principles of Accounting II 3 Credits Accounting for current and long-term liabilities, stockholders' equity, statement of cash flows, introduction to management accounting, cost behavior, and break-even analysis. Prerequisite: ACC1001. ACC 1101 Intermediate Accounting I 3 Credits Intensive study of the application of generally accepted accounting principles to selected assets: including cash, receivables, inventories, long-lived assets, and intangibles. Prerequisite: ACC 1002. ACC 1102 Intermediate Accounting II 3 Credits Continuation of the study of balance sheet items: current liabilities, long-term liabilities including bonds, pensions, and stockholders' equity; income tax allocation, leases; principles of income determination, and statement of cash flows. Prerequisite: ACC 1101. ACC 2403 Management Accounting 3 Credits Techniques used in decision making for management and financial reporting, product and service costing systems, overhead allocation, standard costs for control and analysis, cost-volume-profit analysis, short-term decision making, and performance evaluation. Prerequisite: ACC 1002. ACC 3201 Advanced Accounting 3 Credits Page 3 Yeshiva University Undergraduate Catalog for Women 2016-2018 Accounting for business combinations and consolidations, foreign operations, segment reporting, interim reporting, and partnerships. Prerequisites: ACC 1102, ACC 2403. ACC 3601 Principles of Auditing 3 Credits Auditing standards and procedures, auditor's reports, the nature of evidence in the audit, evaluation of internal controls, audit sampling, auditing computerized systems, code of professional conduct. Prerequisite: ACC 3201. ACC 3604 International Finance and Accounting 3 Credits (Same as FIN 3604) Analysis of special topics in international finance, including international capital flows, international accounting, theories of foreign exchange-rate determinations, Eurocurrency and Eurobond markets, and integration of multinational markets. Prerequisite: ACC 1002, FIN 1001. ACC 3851 Financial Statement Analysis 3 Credits (Same as FIN 3851) Methods of communicating information about financing and operating activities of corporations, and techniques for analyzing and evaluating information. Prerequisites: ACC 1002, FIN 1001. ACC 3871 Forensic Accounting: Fraud Examination 3 Credits Forensic Accounting is concerned with the detection, prevention, and correction of financial fraud and white-collar crime activities. This course identifies areas of financial risk, develops internal control policies and procedures, as well as defines the role of the forensic accountant in the courtroom. Prerequisites: ACC 1101, FIN 1001. TAX 6124 Federal Income Taxation 3 Credits (formerly TAX 2501) Analysis of the basic principles of federal income taxation as they apply to individuals, and other selected entities. Prerequisite: ACC 1102, and Senior status. TAX 6125 Advanced Federal Income Taxation 3 Credits (formerly TAX 2502) Federal income tax law and regulation, with emphasis on corporations, partnerships, trusts, and estates; tools and methods of tax research; review of the practice requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. Prerequisite: TAX 6124. AMERICAN STUDIES (AMST) MINOR: Stern College for Women 18 credits The American Studies minor offers students the opportunity to take an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the culture and history of the United States. Eighteen credits: 3 credits in HIST or POLI; and 3 credits in English literature or American Art History. The remaining 12 credits may be chosen from among a list of Page 4 Yeshiva University Undergraduate Catalog for Women 2016-2018 designated courses in the departments of: art, economics, English, history, Jewish History, music, political science, or sociology. The six total courses required for the minor must be drawn from three or more departments. An American Studies Minor Fact Sheet, available in the Academic Advisement Center and online, lists additional specifics and the acceptable courses in each category. Courses which may count toward the minor are noted in each semester’s course schedule. ART (ARTS) MAJOR: Stern College for Women Students may elect a Shaped Major with emphasis on art history, fine arts, studio art, pre-architecture, graphic art or art therapy. See section on Shaped Major. MINOR: Stern College for Women Fifteen credits. Art History minors must take all 15 credits in Art history as follows: Either ARTS 1050 plus 4 advanced Art History courses or ARTS 1051and 1052 plus 3 advanced Art History courses. Art Studio minors must take ARTS 1050 or 1051 or 1052 plus 12 additional credits in Studio Art. ART HISTORY COURSES 1050 Introduction to Art 3 credits A study of selected masterpieces of Western civilization in painting, sculpture, and architecture, from antiquity to the 20th century. 1051; 1052 History of Art 3 credits Introduction to the history of art and architecture of the West. First semester: ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome; the early medieval world; the Romanesque, Gothic, and early Renaissance periods. Second semester: Renaissance to present, with emphasis on context, meaning, and style in the work of selected artists. ARTS 1051, 1052 are not open to students who have taken ARTS 1050. 1170 Art of Ancient Greece and Rome 3 credits Art of ancient Greece and Rome from the 10th century B.C.E. to the 4th century C.E. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1051. 1200 Medieval Art 3 credits Survey of European painting, sculpture, architecture, and luxury arts from the 3rd to mid- 14th centuries. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1051. 1301 Northern Renaissance Art 3 credits Page 5 Yeshiva University Undergraduate Catalog for Women 2016-2018 Northern European painting, sculpture, and graphic arts of the 15th and 16th centuries. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1052. 1302 15th Century Italy 3 credits Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture of the 15th century. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1052. 1303 16th Century Italy 3 credits Italian painting, sculpture, and architecture of the 16th century. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1052. 1350 Baroque Art 3 credits Survey of Baroque painting, sculpture, and architecture of 17th century Europe. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1052. 1352 18th Century Art 3 credits Survey of Rococo and Neoclassical painting, sculpture, and architecture of 18th century Europe. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1052. 1431 Early 19th Century Art 3 credits History of art and architecture from late 18th century to the mid-19th century. Emphasis on Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1052. 1432 Late 19th Century Art 3 credits History of art and architecture from the middle to the end of the 19th century. Emphasis on Realism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1052. 1451 Early 20th Century Art 3 credits History of art and architecture from 1900 to the 1940s. Emphasis on Modernism and the historical avant-gardes. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1052. 1471 Contemporary Art 3 credits History of art from the 1940s to the present, with emphasis on Modernism, Post- Modernism, and the rise of the contemporary art world. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1052. 1540 Asian Art 3 credits Survey of the painting, sculpture, and architecture of China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. Prerequisite: ARTS 1050 or ARTS 1051 or ARTS 1052. 1613 American Art 3 credits Page 6 Yeshiva University Undergraduate Catalog for Women